Second round of talks on fresh delimitation ends inconclusively
- 08-Nov-2017
ISLAMABAD: Second round of talks between the government and the opposition parties to hammer out consensus on a constitutional amendment bill for fresh delimitation of constituencies ahead of coming general elections ended inconclusively on Wednesday. The government once again failed to convince the major opposition parties to back out of their demand to seek approval […]
Constitutional amendment draft for constituencies finalized: NA Speaker
- 01-Nov-2017
ISLAMABAD: Leaders of parliamentary parties have finalized a draft of constitutional amendment bill for delimitation of constituencies on the basis of the provisional results of census 2017, said NA Speaker Ayaz Sadiq on Wednesday. The second round of the meeting of parliamentary heads held today at the Parliament House to deliberate on legislation for fresh delimitation […]
Abbasi, Rashid, Khursheed among six nominees for PM election
- 31-Jul-2017
ISLAMABAD: As the National Assembly’s session is scheduled to be held on Tuesday to elect the leader of the house, the assembly secretariat has received nomination papers of six candidates for prime minister’s office after the opposition parties failed to agree on fielding a joint-candidate. Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N)’s nominee Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, the former […]
LHC overturns contempt of court plea against Aleem Khan
- 22-Jun-2016
LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) has overturned action on contempt of court plea filed by Speaker National Assembly Ayaz Sadiq in Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Abdul Aleem Khan.